12/17/2025
December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against S*x Workers. We recognize the ongoing violence, stigma, and discrimination inflicted on s*x workers that can increase their health risks and limit their access to HIV prevention and care, safer s*x resources, and other health services. We also recognize the harmful impacts that punitive policies have on s*x workers which create barriers to accessing legal protections, healthcare, and other support services, and create vulnerability by limiting s*x workersâ options to report violence.
WHAI demands policies that decriminalize s*x work, ensures safer working conditions, and promotes access to healthcare. We encourage you to increase your knowledge of the harms that s*x work policies commit under the guise of protection, such as criminalizing the ability of s*x workers to hire protection or screen clients. We also encourage you to check out and support s*x work organizations such as and
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